Dear fellow sufferers,
How often have we heard any/some/all of the following preposterous requests ?
1. Please arrange a luxury sedan for me at the rate of an Esteem (smaller) car - use your good offices !
2. Kindly telecheck for me by so and so flight - I am an economy class passenger and NOT a frequent flier !
3. I want seat No. so and so - how you arrange it is your funeral (or `` your predecessor used to do it '') !
4. I want seat No. so and so and the seat next to mine should be unoccupied. (`Tere baap ki airline hai na ?)
5. Arrrange an appointment with Mr Bigshot (high functionary in the Govt) and make sure I dont have to wait in his office (Mr Bigshot should wait) - ``Govt bhi mere baap ki hai yaar , no problem ''
6. I am travelling `J' class by Jetair but I want sit in the Indian Airlines lounge - arrange it !!
7. Can you make me sit in the `Reserved Lounge' (meant for DGs and above) somehow ? Pray tell - HOW !!!
8. Ring up the airline `I am stuck up in traffic so I will check in late'. In other words the aircraft should wait - well, no problem - remember whose airline it is anyway ??
9. So and so is due to arrive at the office (another bigshot) at so and so time - kindly ensure that he is NOT checked/ frisked or asked for an entry pass. ( In other words you wait for him at the gate and escort him up to me)
10. Ask your subordinate staff do `this' (OFFICIAL) work (which is likely to go well beyond prescribed office hours) - but make sure there should be no demand for overtime.
11. Security officers from Commercial Banks are very good at getting jobs done from outside agencies - some of you guys should learn a lesson from them ?? ( Give us an expense account, dont expect us to sit in office all day and give us one item of work to do at a time - Voila !! Presto Zippo !!! Yours truly can do one better than those goody twoshoes. )
12. I have a pain in my ***** do something about it . (Again NO PROBLEM !!! am I not a doctor, pharmacist and cleaner rolled into one ??)
We have heard even more ridiculous requests during our service. The above is just illustrative and not exhaustive. And it is NOT reflective of what I am facing today. These are tidbits gleaned from everywhere though some are indeed personal experiences. The short point is that such requests are made since our brothers sometime, somewhere have managed to bend rules and appeased the boss - least realising the legacy they are leaving behind or the wrong precedents they are setting. Why cant we work to the best of our abilities without indulging in unauthorised or unwarranted practices ?? Any ideas how to get around such requests without becoming the BAD boy ???
How often have we heard any/some/all of the following preposterous requests ?
1. Please arrange a luxury sedan for me at the rate of an Esteem (smaller) car - use your good offices !
2. Kindly telecheck for me by so and so flight - I am an economy class passenger and NOT a frequent flier !
3. I want seat No. so and so - how you arrange it is your funeral (or `` your predecessor used to do it '') !
4. I want seat No. so and so and the seat next to mine should be unoccupied. (`Tere baap ki airline hai na ?)
5. Arrrange an appointment with Mr Bigshot (high functionary in the Govt) and make sure I dont have to wait in his office (Mr Bigshot should wait) - ``Govt bhi mere baap ki hai yaar , no problem ''
6. I am travelling `J' class by Jetair but I want sit in the Indian Airlines lounge - arrange it !!
7. Can you make me sit in the `Reserved Lounge' (meant for DGs and above) somehow ? Pray tell - HOW !!!
8. Ring up the airline `I am stuck up in traffic so I will check in late'. In other words the aircraft should wait - well, no problem - remember whose airline it is anyway ??
9. So and so is due to arrive at the office (another bigshot) at so and so time - kindly ensure that he is NOT checked/ frisked or asked for an entry pass. ( In other words you wait for him at the gate and escort him up to me)
10. Ask your subordinate staff do `this' (OFFICIAL) work (which is likely to go well beyond prescribed office hours) - but make sure there should be no demand for overtime.
11. Security officers from Commercial Banks are very good at getting jobs done from outside agencies - some of you guys should learn a lesson from them ?? ( Give us an expense account, dont expect us to sit in office all day and give us one item of work to do at a time - Voila !! Presto Zippo !!! Yours truly can do one better than those goody twoshoes. )
12. I have a pain in my ***** do something about it . (Again NO PROBLEM !!! am I not a doctor, pharmacist and cleaner rolled into one ??)
We have heard even more ridiculous requests during our service. The above is just illustrative and not exhaustive. And it is NOT reflective of what I am facing today. These are tidbits gleaned from everywhere though some are indeed personal experiences. The short point is that such requests are made since our brothers sometime, somewhere have managed to bend rules and appeased the boss - least realising the legacy they are leaving behind or the wrong precedents they are setting. Why cant we work to the best of our abilities without indulging in unauthorised or unwarranted practices ?? Any ideas how to get around such requests without becoming the BAD boy ???
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